Image Taken on 17 Sep 2010
at 12:34 Image of day on 08 Nov 2010

This image of a male of the same species is taken as a single exposure
using a strobe light - a very fast flash with the shutter held open.
80Hz means 80 flashes a second, so the image below last for about 1/10th second.
These have to be photographed against an extremely black
background (typically 20 flashes hit it) and are not photo montages but made
'in the camera' with the images appearing to be transparent.

Image Taken on 16 Aug 2010
at 13:58 Image of day on 01 Oct 2010

A common darter dragonfly in flight.
Darters dragonflies are intermediate in size between Damselflies
and Hawker Dragonflies and you may spot them perching on
overhanging pond side foliage, taking off and returning to the
same spot.

Image Taken on 15 Sep 2018
at 12:25 Image of day on 06 Nov 2018

Image Taken on 29 Jul 2014
at 12:14 Image of day on 04 Oct 2014

Our pond side Dragonfly perch was knocked downward by some
visitor - maybe a bird trying to land on it - and we reinstalled
it (i.e. pushed in into a fresh bit of pond side mud). Almost
immediately this male Common Darter Dragonfly changed his lookout
post to make use of the new facility.
If you have a pond, try it yourself - a stick 45cm to 60cm long
stuck in the edge sloping up over the water. It will mostly
likely be adopted quickly by any Darter Dragonfly that visits
your pond. If you don't have a pond - make even a tiny one!

Image Taken on 18 Sep 2009
at 14:52 Image of day on 01 Nov 2009

This a montage of 5 images showing a common darter dragonfly
taking off from a branch. The spacing of the first 3 is forced
horizontally because they would overlap, but the vertical rise is
accurately montaged.
The transition between still and having left the branch takes
66mS (2 frames at 30fps). Hooray for a camera that can store what
happened before you press the button even if the quality is not
'premium'.

Image Taken on 25 Aug 2017
at 13:36 Image of day on 11 Oct 2017

Out first Darter Dragonfly of 2017 is appropriately a 'Common Darter', here
perched on the leaves of the Dogwood that dominates the island of the duck-shaped pond
looking for something to hunt and something to mate with.

Image Taken on 06 Aug 2016
at 14:36 Image of day on 29 Sep 2016

Image Taken on 07 Aug 2008
at 15:32 Image of day on 20 Aug 2008

... and from the same frame extreme detail of the eye.
We have never noticed before that the eyes not only have two
separately coloured areas, but these areas have different
'honeycomb' sizes and curvatures, presumably with different
optical characteristics. You could spend a lifetime researching
these amazing creatures so little changed from fossils millions
of years old.